"Journaling for Manifestation: Prompts to Unlock Your Inner Power"

Journaling can be a powerful way to assist you in your manifesting journey. Writing everything down can help you gain clarity on your deepest desires. You can discover things about yourself you never realized were present in the depths of your mind. Journaling has also been shown to have many benefits for mental health. Keep reading to see how starting a manifestation can help you create the life you have always wanted and get some powerful journal prompts to get you started on your journey.

Benefits of journaling

Science has shown so many positive benefits of keeping a journal.

• Self-discovery

• Stress reduction

• Self-expression

• Way to process emotions

• Allowing space from negative emotions

Journaling for manifestation

• Gain clarity on your vision: getting clear on what you want for your future can aid in manifestation because when you do not know exactly what you want, it is difficult to set out the steps to achieving it. Clarity helps build momentum and lets the Universe know how to prepare the way for bringing you all that you desire. Specificity is so important in manifestation. Leaving any detail up to the imagination can be a risk as the Universe takes things very literally. The old saying "be careful what you wish for" is true. The more clear you can get on your vision, the better.

• Putting your vision out into the Universe: you might have heard the saying that what you focus on, you create. By putting your vision out into the Universe, you have put the wheels into motion. Putting the energy of your desires and vision out into the Universe allows the energy of attraction to begin magnetizing those things to you, bringing towards you the things you want to attract into your life.

• Reflecting on limiting beliefs: Limiting beliefs can be a huge roadblock in manifestation, so getting ahold of them any time they pop up is important. They are a natural part of being human, so do not be hard on yourself when they happen because they definitely will. Your brain is hard-wired to protect you, keep you safe, and conserve energy, so it naturally goes to the worst-case scenario. Journaling about your limiting beliefs and reframing them is an important part of any manifestation practice.

• Setting out realistic steps to achieving your goals: Letting go is, of course, a huge part of manifestation, but we can't just sit back and let the Universe do all of the work for us. We do have to get out there and get our hands dirty. Creating a plan for achieving your goals is another benefit of journaling. Getting everything down on paper can give you clear steps in a visual way that you can reference throughout the process to keep you on track.

• Journaling about what your "future you" looks like, feels like, acts like: figuring out what the future you would be like can be a powerful motivator. It can help you see the end result you want to create, which can assist you in identifying what steps you need to take to get there. Sometimes, working backward can be easier than starting from the beginning. Check-in with your future self and ask him/her what worked. What didn't? What advice would he/she give the current you?

• Source of motivation: Your manifestation journal can be your source of motivation when you feel like things are taking too long. The buzz phrase "find your why" is everywhere in the goal-setting arena these days. Your manifestation journal can be your reminder of "your why." Looking back at your vision board or your entries on your future self or the vision your put out into the Universe, you can remind yourself what you are working towards and use that as motivation to keep going. You can include motivational quotes or sayings in your journal for when you need an extra boost.

• Checking in for alignment: Keeping a manifestation journal can help you make sure that your daily actions are in alignment with what you want to achieve. You can look back to your entries about your goals and manifestation desires and ask yourself if what you did today/this week/this month put you closer toward manifesting those things. You can also ask yourself, are those things you wrote about wanting to manifest still in alignment with who you are? Maybe your beliefs or values have changed and you need to journal again to gain additional clarity as those things are no longer in alignment with who you have become.

• Connecting with your Higher Self and your Spirit Guides: If you really want to go deep with manifestation and get really "woo" with it, you can use your manifestation journal alongside meditation practice and connect with your Higher Self and your Spirit Guides. Ask them to contribute to your insight. What do they see for your purpose? What do they recommend you work towards manifesting? What do they feel is in your highest good? Your Spirit Guides and your Higher Self know you at your Soul level and have only the best intentions for you without the thought of material or monetary gain, so their input could be invaluable.

Journal prompts

1. Check in with your future, the you that has all that you desire. What worked to get you where you are now? What didn't? What advice would he/she give the current you?

2. What is one positive thought I can focus on today that will help put me closer to my dreams?

3. What is one limiting belief I have right now? How can I reframe this belief to overcome it?

4. What is one thing I can tell myself next time I feel stuck?

5. How does what I want to manifest align with my beliefs/values?

Journaling can be a powerful way to jumpstart manifestation and propel through at any stage of your journey. It can give you clarity, motivation, and the opportunity to check for alignment and the need for re-evaluation. Combining this with meditation practice to commune with your Spirit Guides and your Higher self can take your manifestation practice to the next level. (I will include more in-depth information on how to do this in a future post!). Until then, if you love this post and want even more journal prompts to ignite your manifestation, check out my free gift, "10 Powerful Journal Prompts to Take Your Manifestation to the Next Level."

~Love & Light